13-letter words containing w, e, r
- for the world — If you say that you would not do something for the world, you are emphasizing that you definitely would not do it.
- for the worse — into a less desirable or inferior state or condition
- foreign-owned — owned by an individual who is resident in a different country or by a company whose headquarters are in a different country
- foreknowledge — knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience: Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?
- foreshadowing — to show or indicate beforehand; prefigure: Political upheavals foreshadowed war.
- forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
- formal review — (project) A technical review conducted with the customer including the types of reviews called for in DOD-STD-2167A (Preliminary Design Review, Critical Design Review, etc.)
- forward delta — The delta which, when combined with a version, creates a child version. See change management
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- fowler's toad — an eastern U.S. toad, Bufo woodhousii fowleri, having an almost patternless white belly.
- frank whittle — Sir Frank, 1907–96, English engineer and inventor.
- free software — (software) Software that everyone is free to copy, redistribute and modify. That implies free software must be available as source code, hence "free open source software" - "FOSS". It is usually also free of charge, though anyone can sell free software so long as they don't impose any new restrictions on its redistribution or use. The widespread acceptance of this definition and free software itself owes a great deal to Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. There are many other kinds of "free software" in the sense of "free of charge". See "-ware".
- free-swimming — (of aquatic organisms) not attached to a base nor joined in a colony; capable of swimming about freely.
- free-swinging — recklessly daring in action or style: free-swinging stock market speculators.
- free-wheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
- french window — a pair of casement windows extending to the floor and serving as portals, especially from a room to an outside porch or terrace.
- freshman week — a week at the beginning of the school year with a program planned to orient entering students, especially at a college.
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- from the wood — (of a beverage) from a wooden container rather than a metal or glass one
- frozen wastes — vast parts of land covered by snow and ice and usually uninhabited by people
- gallows frame — headframe.
- garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
- genital warts — a sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papilloma virus; the warts grow in the genital area
- george w bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- george wither — George, 1588–1667, English poet and pamphleteer.
- get over with — If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.
- get somewhere — to make progress
- get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
- get-well card — a greeting card sent to a person who is unwell, expressing a wish for a speedy recovery
- giant ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- giant redwood — big tree.
- golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
- googlewhacker — One who searches for googlewhacks.
- gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
- great ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
- gresham's law — the tendency of the inferior of two forms of currency to circulate more freely than, or to the exclusion of, the superior, because of the hoarding of the latter.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- growth market — a rapidly expanding market
- growth shares — ordinary shares with good prospects of appreciation in yield and value
- guerrilla war — a war between an established army and a guerrilla group
- gunpowder tea — an explosive mixture, as of potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, used in shells and cartridges, in fireworks, for blasting, etc.
- gut-wrenching — involving great distress or anguish; agonizing: a gut-wrenching decision.
- hardware shop — a shop that sells metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
- hawk-s--beard — any of various plants of the genus Crepis, of the daisy family, resembling the dandelion but having a branched stem with several flowers.
- head of water — a quantity of water
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- heart-warming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.